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Thank you (Chief) Moderator and the Judges for the opportunity and the lessons learnt so far.

In homes, children roll on the floor in protest to their parents, scatter things, in fact break things in the act just so that parents would listen to them. They grow up to understand they really would have just said it nicely and their parents either still would have provided what they wanted or had very good reasons not to -at the times the demands were made.

I believe representatives in the essay competition are University Undergrads, but this whole "public show" of bitterness as expressed in their language tells how far the oil has run from the head to the beard.

"Well, it is not too late for us to pull out of this contest if the integrity of the contest is questionable..." Excuse me, but threatening to leave the competition can be condoned at all? When it is not like your observations have been overlooked or unattended to? Then maybe footballers should fight the referees in most matches. And the subsequent ..."Pulling out? Are you new in this? If this is how others that pointed out one error or two had been pulling out, will there be third edition?..." was unnecessary, sincerely. Sounded too desperate to keep people in the competition. I would have assured him of a review of the score and in turn implore to comport himself, it is a competition amd threats are not allowed by participants, unless otherwise I am wrong.

Plus, "Hmm. UNIUYO played on the judges intelligence, I think the competition is still on and they should be penalized for it......" is an undue and incorrect summation; it is NOT a fact. UniUyo DID NOT do this, if a team member "lifted", the penalty should affect his personal scores as did one of the judges already [this by extension would affect the team's score]. I believe deducting from the grand totals was extreme. If the judges were asked to review his (the lifter's) marks, that would have been more appropriate. Deducting from the grand total implies two things:

a) That you ALSO deducted from his team mate's score who's essay (write-ups) was not faulted by any other contestant because she was careful to observe ALL the rules to the extent that she gave her word-count at the end of her essay. The judges are humans and no other person gave their word count to help them (the judges).

b) Even the score from the judge that had penalized him already has been affected the second time. This implies a double deduction from his score. Please, did he commit murder?

MY SUGGESTION
1. I could simply ask, what was the mark allotted for "word count"? That could be deducted from the dfaulters' score by the two other judges.

2. Lifting is subject to the judges' analysis. That should be personal for each judge to decide to the extent to which the scores they alloted him would be review. Unless there was an already laid down rule/standard, then and only then, would the judges come together, review the essay in question and agree upon WHETHER THE ACCUSED IS GUILTY for which the rule would be excuted.

If there was no laid down rule on this, upon deciding his fate, the judges MUST in turn consider all my observations above as a matter of tranparency in making a decision.

I must commend every input made by everyone in "the house". It seems we all presented our concerns more appropriately after my first observation; this goes a long in affirming how ready we are to do the right, if only our attentions are drawn and we are afforded the opporrunity to make amends.

Please, do not attack my person as a result of this, I am not enbittered by the second Grand Total Scores, I have just made my sincere observations, patiently walking through the very long "thread" of words.

Thank you

Normally, I would have reserved my comments but I wish to express myself on this platform. No participant/contestant is permitted to play judge/moderator. Participants are first expected to respect the authority of the day, and as such, any reservations should be presented orderly and not coaxed into being effected.
The art of threatening too pull out from the debate is already grounds for disqualification. Participants are expected to be able to respect and comport themselves if their concerns would be considered. No matter how right a claim is, if it is not duly represented, it could be disregarded on grounds of contempt. And if the moderator and judges review the scores without reprimanding the plaintiffs for their manner [in public especially], then participants for subsequent editions could/would be expected to throw stones at each other or even fight like the members of the Nigerian House of Representatives.
Besides, someone said "UniUyo" played on the judges intelligence, that's an undue accusation/summation. One person did, not every member of the Uniuyo team, and if anyone has to lay complaints, he/she should do so in a very polite manner.

There is life beyond this competition. In as much as we are here to build our intellectual prowess, we also have to build character. The real aim of this competition will be defeated if we remain at loggerheads. Thank you very much. Shalom

By the way, The judge's decision is final.

Waiting. Are the results ready?

CORRUPTION IS A SOCIETAL EVIL CRIPPLING OUR COUNTRY NIGERIA; WHO TAKES THE MOST BLAME -OUR LEADERS OR THE FOLLOWERS?

Good evening the moderators, erudite judges and my co-debaters. I am Grace Kalu, representing University of Uyo. I am of the school of thought that the leaders take the most blame for corruption in Nigeria.

Etymologically, corruption is derived from a Latin word "corruptus" which means "to break or destroy". Literally, corruption means to break away or depart from morality, ethics and civic virtues. The World Bank defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gains. It is pertinent to note that public office is abused for private gains when an official accepts, solicits or extorts a bribe. The Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia defines it as a wrong doing by those in special position of trust. SECTION 2 of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission Act, 2000 defines corruption to include bribery, fraud and other related offenses.

A leader, for the purpose of this argument is a representative of the people, a person held in a special position of trust. This presupposes the inclusion of the class representative, student union leaders, heads of educational and health institutions, religious leaders as well as governors and presidents.

At this juncture, it is trite to establish that this argument is not meant to show that Nigeria is corrupt for this is a glaring and an undisputable fact, rather it is to establish why leaders are to take the blame for the prevalence of corruption in Nigeria.

Corruption is caused generally by greed, lack of positive values, porous system, weak enforcement and oversight mechanisms, excessive materialism, societal pressure, lack of virile welfare structures, insecurity of employment tenure, indiscipline, inordinate desire for wealth accumulation, nepotism which includes partiality, favoritism, preferential treatment, bias, discrimination etc. (Media Advocacy Development; 2013).

A cursory look at those causes of corruption will reveal that most of them are the Achilles' heel of our leaders. Inordinate desire for wealth accumulation by our leaders causes him to use the office as a means to exploit or 'get-rich-quick'. Thus, a student union leader in the University will use his office to execute personal projects like buying a car or land, to the detriment of the students. Also, a look at the allowances and budgets of our political leaders will reveal that public funds are used to ensure (their) extreme comfort. In fact, not so long ago, we were surrounded with the news of our government's plan to reduce the 18,000 naira minimum wage of our civil servants. In the light of this, Senator Ben Bruce observed that the measure 18,000 naira may not even feed the dogs of our political office holders for a month.

My learned opponents, would you say that nepotism, a cause of corruption in Nigeria which includes favoritism, preferential treatment, discrimination etc should be blamed on followers? I would not agree; the followers, usually at the receiving ends, are plagued at their expense especially against their will. This is an effect of corruption. Check our university admission lists, our job offer lists, in fact many of such other lists and you would be surprised to see the level of favoritism otherwise known as 'man-know-man' by the common man.

Nigeria today is a nation at crossroads struggling with all forms of vices. The menace called corruption is a big problem in the country. Its effects are quite glaring. It undermines the National image. Thus, it is hard to attract external investors to Nigeria as every Nigerian is viewed as corrupt and dubious outside. Little wonder Nigeria has been consistently ranked among the most corrupt country in the world by Transparency International.

Corruption has threatened the survival of this nation as it prevents the provision of basic social amenities for the citizenry. The money meant for development is often pocketed by a few thus increasing the impossibility of good governance.

It has affected our health sector as well as our educational institutions. As at today, not even one of the universities in Nigeria is rated among the first 100 in the world and none is rated among the best in Africa.

The level of unemployment and under-development in the country is as a result of corruption. Mass poverty is engendered by corruption. Directly or indirectly, infrastructural decay can be traced to corruption. The corrupt attitude of past and present leaders have led to the total collapse of power as well as the road and railway network in the country today. Also, corruption in Nigeria is the breeding ground for crimes and terrorism as well as youth agitation. Ask Boko Haram and Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), they will tell you better.

Furthermore, because of corruption in Nigeria, a massive brain drain has occurred as a great number of Nigeria's best brains have been driven to other parts of the world where they now spearhead developmental and scientific exploits.

I can go on and on but at this point, it is evident that the answer to the big question is that leaders take most of blame for corruption in Nigeria as the cart follows the horse. The 'leaders in Nigeria' being the horse and the followers, the cart.

This argument would be purposeless if I do not mention how leaders could help change the course. Nigeria would be ready to fight corruption when it starts the fight from the Justice administration system. The Judiciary is the hope of the common man and until judges are stopped from being corrupt, they will not have the moral capital to be just. The country's media should struggle for the achievement of anti-corruption war. Therefore, all hands must be on deck so that the war could be won.

Conclusively, in as much as leaders are to be accustomed most of the blame, we should strive to drain the swamp that breeds the mosquito rather than concentrate only on killing the mosquito.

THANK YOU.




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REFERENCES
www.antigraft.org/cc-case/corruption-case-nigeria

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/corruption_in_nigeria

www.peoplesdailyng.com/corruption-in-nigeria-who-is-to-blame/

Yeah

I am set. Team UNIUYO

Dongraspo and Geestarry for Uniuyo

cc fynestboi

Hmm!

I didn't order anything

blesseddivah:
Eurmm, Sorry I have not been on lately. Been busy with work.
Is this still on?

How do i reach you now. We've gone far

Fynestboi:
School?

UNIUYO. When are we turning in our entry?

Fynestboi:
TEAM 6





Hello participants, you are qualify for the third edition. To that effect meet and pick a team leader and assistant, then forward the both number to
Nairalandinterschooldebate@gmail.com. We will communicate with the both so they can relay our message to other team member.

Have you seen my email.

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Lisaflex:
Ok...Pls do mention me wen sm1 gets it right,or wen u post d ans

I got it right. Go up and you'll see it

Name: GRACE KALU

University: UNIVERSITY of UYO

Course: LAW

Email... gkalu85@gmail.com

Cool

udondeymadt:
chuckles i ain't satisfied miss. I want more turn ups from ur specie tho! Nice try too but it seems u just generated those values. Your solution ain't well proven dear. Look at it closely again.

What else do you want? Okay lets go like this.
1) let the square be y.
'. ' is multiplication in maths
So y*y*y=27
y³=27
Find the cube root of both sides
y=3
Therefore the square =3




2) Let the triangle be' m'
m³*3 =24
m³=24/3
m³=8
Find cube root.
m=2
Therefore the triangle=2






3) let the circle be k'
3*2*k*k=96
6k²=96
k²=96/6
k²=16
Find square root of both sides
k=4
Therefore the circle=4




4) 4+3*2 =14(without BODMAS) or 10(with
BODMAS)



Are you satisfied now?

1) 3*3*3= 27
2) 2*2*2*3=24
3) 3*2*4*4= 96
4) 4+3*2 =14(without BODMAS) or 10(with BODMAS)





Are you satisfied? @OP

famuyiwa07:
School of Management Science
Postgraduate Diploma Programmes
(a) Financial Management (b) Public Administration (c) Business Administration.
Fess Schedule>>> http://www.nou.edu.ng/page/fees-schedule

Thank you very much

What kinda school

Very true

Please what management courses are available at NOUN and what is the post graduate fees

MsAnne:
Dec 3rd....2more days 2go...yaaaga Emary I sight u#bday mate#

Happy birthday MsAnne and Emary.

Minister of tourism

The pose on the portrait sha

Ojoro

Endtime child

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